Karti Chidambaram arrested in Chennai

Karti Chidambaram, son of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, on Wednesday was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Sumeet Anand in New Delhi. He was arrested early on Wednesday morning at the Chennai airport by a special team of the CBI’s Economic Offences Wing soon after his arrival from London.

A CBI official said the team from Delhi interrogated Mr. Karti in connection with the INX Media case and took him into custody. He was taken to an undisclosed location for further questioning. Later in the day, he was taken to New Delhi.

The court allowed Mr. Karti and his lawyers to interact for 10 minutes, after which the proceedings resumed.

“Karti was evasive in his replies and uncooperative and had given incorrect statements with respect to the evidence collected by the CBI. He also resisted summons. It was causing delays in concluding the investigation,” CBI officials said.